Rapper Sidhu Moosewala murder case accused Goldy Brar detained in US: Reports

Canadian- gangster Goldy Brar, who is suspected of being the brains behind the murder of Punjabi artist Sidhu Moose Wala in May, has been arrested in the US. According to reports Goldy Brar, a member of the Lawrence Bishnoi gang, had lately relocated from Canada, where he had resided since 2017, to the US.

Reportedly, the gangster was apprehended in California somewhere around November 20, and they added that the Indian government has not yet received any formal confirmation from California.

Brar, who claimed responsibility for Moose Wala's death in a Facebook post, reportedly went to the US under pressure.. He had been living in Fresno city and had cities like Sacramento, Frizow, and Salt Lake as his safe house.

The intelligence division of the Delhi Police, the Research and Analysis Wing (R&AW) of India, and their colleagues in Punjab reportedly received information that Goldy Brar's arrest had created a significant uproar in California.

For the unversed the 28-year-old Shubhdeep Singh Sidhu, popularly known as Sidhu Moose Wala, was shot dead in his SUV near his village in Punjab's Mansa district on May 29, a day after his security cover was cut down by the Punjab government.

Goldy Brar had claimed the responsibility for the murder, saying in a Facebook post that it was in retaliation to the murder of youth Akali leader Vicky Middukhera, which took place last year.